Joseph Ritzer with dinosaur miniatures. Courtesy | Isaac Ritzer A spontaneous purchase of the game Star Wars: Legion inspired an alumnus to create a scientifically-accurate dinosaur miniatures game, Dinoniche. In summer 2022, Joseph Ritzer ’24 spent several months in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, working alongside other students as a research assistant to David Houghton, professor of...
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Catholic Society pilgrimages to Sheen beatification
The students who pilgrimaged to the beatification. Francesca Cella | The Collegian Fifty-one Hillsdale students loaded onto a bus for an eight-hour pilgrimage to St. Louis Sept. 23. The group trekked to the beatification of Blessed Fulton Sheen, who is on the path to becoming the first American-born bishop to become a Catholic saint. Sheen,...
Student baking business exists for more than sugar
Caption: Baker Robert Smith, Badalamenti, and volunteer Samara Williams. The Collegian | Matthew Tolbert For senior Abriana Badalamenti, a lifelong care for people with special needs has blossomed into a baking business. Special Creations, a business in Career Services’ Kehoe entrepreneurship fellowship, provides baked goods for Penny’s coffee shop in Kirn Residence. Badalamenti bakes in...
From Broadway to Hillsdale: Meet the new lighting designer
For Christian DeAngelis, staying up past midnight — or all night — is part of his job. Hillsdale’s new lighting designer worked 94 hours a week and only slept for five hours a night when he worked on the Broadway show “Doctor Zhivago” in New York City while simultaneously teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University as...
Campus Character: Hershey Hackberry
When she was 16, Hershey Athysivam worked at Peppa Pig World of Play. Courtesy | Hershey Hackberry Hershey Athysivam, who goes by Hershey Hackberry, is a senior from Dallas, Texas, studying politics with a minor in journalism. She has been an RA for the last three years, serving McIntyre, the WHIP campus, and the Townhomes....



